Kudō Suketsune

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Kudō Suketsune
工藤くどう祐ゆう経けい
Born1147 (1147)
DiedJuly 28, 1193(1193-07-28) (aged 45–46)
NationalityJapanese
Occupationsamurai
SpouseMangō Gozen
ChildrenItō Suketoki
Parent

Kudō Suketsune (Japanese: 工藤くどう 祐ゆう経けい; 1147 – June 28, 1193) was a samurai and gokenin in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He was assassinated during the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident.

Life[edit]

Kudō Suketsune's grave in Kamiide, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture

Suketsune was born in 1147 as the son of Kudō Suketsugu.[1]

According to the Azuma Kagami, when Suketsune had his coming-of-age ceremony (genpuku), his father promised that Suketsune would marry Mangō Gozen, the daughter of Itō Sukechika, and Sukechika would become Suketsune's guardian.[2] However, Sukechika did not accept the fact that Suketsune, who was not the eldest son, would inherit the manor, and invaded Suketsune's territory following his father's death.[3] Sukechika also made Mangō Gozen divorce Suketsune.[4][5]

Suketsune was deeply angered over these events and ordered the assassination of Sukechika. In October 1176, a group of thugs attacked Sukechika, who was hunting in Okuno, Izu Province with his son Kawazu Sukeyasu. The arrow shot at Sukechika missed, and hit Sukeyasu instead, killing him.[5]

In 1193, Suketsune participated in shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo's large-scale hunting event, the Fuji no Makigari, at the foot of Mount Fuji. At midnight on June 28, the final day of the hunting event, two brothers, Soga Sukenari and Tokimune, broke into the building where Suketsune and two prostitutes were resting. The two brothers killed Suketsune to avenge their father's death. Ōtōnai, a shinkan of Kibitsu Shrine in Bizen Province, was also killed in the incident. Sukenari was then killed by Suketsune's retainer Nitta Tadatsune. Tokimune attempted to assassinate the shogun, but was captured by Gosho no Gorōmaru. After the turmoil, Yoritomo questioned Soga Tokimune and considered saving his life, but Suketsune's son Inubusamaru (later Itō Suketoki) cried pleading for justice, and Yoritomo changed his mind and had Tokimune executed.[6][7] This incident came to be known as the Revenge of the Soga Brothers.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Hinata, Kyodokai (1932). Hinata Kyodoshi Nenpyo (日向ひなた郷土きょうど史し年表ねんぴょう) (in Japanese). Japan: Bunkadoshoten.
  2. ^ Aida, Minoru; 会田あいだ実みのる (2004). "Soga monogatari" sono hyōshō to saisei (Shohan ed.). Kasama Shoin. p. 198. ISBN 4-305-70281-9. OCLC 57568033.
  3. ^ 吉原よしわら市し史し. 富士ふじ市し史し編纂へんさん委員いいん会かい. Fuji City 富士ふじ市し. 1968. p. 385.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ a b Asashi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten. Asahi Shinbunsha. 1994. 伊東いとう祐親すけちか. ISBN 4-02-340052-1. OCLC 33014222.
  5. ^ a b Aoki, Akira (1987). Manabon Soga Monogatari 1 (真名まな本ほん曾我そが物語ものがたり 1). Japan: Heibonsha. p. 253. ISBN 9784582804683.
  6. ^ Sakai, Koichi (2000). Soga monogatari no shijitsu to kyokō (曾我そが物語ものがたりの史実しじつと虚構きょこう) (in Japanese). Japan: Yoshikawa Kobunkan.
  7. ^ Ichiko, Teiji (1966). Soga Monogatari - Iwanami Koten Bungakutaikei 88 (曽我そが物語ものがたり 岩波いわなみ古典こてん文学ぶんがく大系たいけい88) (in Japanese). Japan: Iwanami Shoten. pp. 362–363.
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